This semester, an oral history project at Penn State Hazleton has taken local immigrants’ stories to a website through Sites at Penn State in an attempt to educate and bridge divides within the community.
Professor Steven Accardi holding the two books his class published in the spring semester–“One Community: Oral Histories of Immigrants in Hazleton, Pennsylvania” and “Our Town: Oral Histories from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.”
Students have a choice of four new majors when they attend Penn State Hazleton.
The majors in Administration of Justice, Corporate Communication, Rehabilitation and Human Services, and an Accounting option for the Business degree prepare students for fields in which job openings are growing.
Overall, Penn State Hazleton now offers nine majors in which students can earn bachelor's degrees.
Penn State Archivist Doris Malkmus will be traveling to Penn State campuses this fall to present “Queering Penn State History.” Using a game setting and primary sources from The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, she will help attendees discover the tumultuous history of Penn State’s first gay student organization, circa 1968–1974. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Penn State Hazleton's most recent fundraising campaign, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, recently closed, raising $7,645,133.50 over the seven-year span of the campaign and exceeding the campus goal of $6 million. This successful campaign generated more than 60 new scholarships for area students, substantial support for academic programs and faculty, and funding earmarked for facilities and equipment.
Instructor in Business Paul McDermott said students and parents whom he meets at open houses often ask if Penn State Hazleton offers an accounting program.
Now he can answer "Yes."
Penn State Hazleton added an accounting option to the Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree already part of the curriculum to expand the choices available on campus.
The first graduates with engineering degrees in alternative energy and power generation from Penn State Hazleton are anticipating the future, just as Associate Professor of Engineering Wieslaw "Wes" Grebski did when starting their program.
"Very often in engineering, if you want to be ahead, you have to kind of get a sense of what's coming to position yourself," Grebski said.
Grebski realized the growing need for engineers who can tap into renewable energy as society struggles to produce more power while reducing climate-changing emissions.
